> Seeds A

Home > Asclepias

Asclepias

Products found in this category: 28

[1]     Page 1 of 1

Sort By: Please Select.... Best Selling Newest Name a-z Name z-a Code a-z Code z-a Price 0-9 Price 9-0 Show All

	Asclepias X tuberosa 'Gay Butterflies Mix' Code: ATGM-A9 Price: $2.95 Quantity in Basket: none
	'Butterfly-Weed' or 'Pleurisy Root' or 'Orange Milkweed' or 'Butterfly Milkweed' or 'Butterfly Weed' (ass-KLE-pee-us: too-BER-ohh-suh) Asclepiadaceae. Plants grow 24' tall and produce many clusters of claw shaped flowers that are loved very much by butterflies. Each plant has a different shade of red, orange and yellow flowers. When done flowering plants produce long pods of seeds. With an early sowing will bloom the first year in about 12 weeks, but best flowering occurs after three years of growth, long lived plants once established. Best in well draining soils in full sun - will grow well even in poor soils as long as they are not wet for any length of time. Will flower well in part shade. Nice for cutting. Zones 4-9 Soak seeds in hot water for 2 days, changing the water every 12 hours with fresh water, Surface sow- light helps with germination. Seed germination in one to three weeks at F. 70. Plants produce long, white taproots; and once established are best left alone. If one plans on transplanting them, the move should be done while the plants are one or two years old. In the spring the new growth is late to come out of the ground, so be careful about planting anything new on top of their location, or in working the soil around there placement. Plants can be started in the winter and grown under 24 hour lights, use a deep pot (over 6 inches deep) and do not over water. You can start about 30 plants in a 6x6 inch pot, transplant out in mid spring after any danger of a hard frost. Sometimes plants will go dormant later in the year, but will start growing again the next spring. 30 seeds
	Asclepias asperula Code: 520A-A8 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	'Antelope Horns' or 'Green-flowered Milkweed' or 'Spider Antelope Horns' Apocynaceae: Late spring blooming plants that grow one to two feet tall. The flowers are in clusters and greenish-yellow colored with maroon highlights. It blooms from April through June, and favors moist, sandy or rocky soil. It is food for Monarch caterpillars and contains alkaloids that the Monarchs absorb and retain which makes them unpalatable and poisonous to predators. Zones 7-9. Soak seeds in hot water for 36 hours, changing the water with fresh water every 12 hours, Start with 4 weeks at 39ºF moist, move to 68ºF for germination. Surface sow, light needed for best germination in 1-3 weeks at F 75. If little germination in 3 weeks, chill pots for 40 days. This species is native from southwestern United States and northern Mexico. 15 seeds.
	Asclepias cordifolia Code: A1CO-A8 Price: $3.65 Quantity in Basket: none
	'Heartleaf Milkweed' or 'Purple Milkweed' Asclepiadaceae: 30 seeds
	Asclepias curassavica Code: ASC1 Price: $1.50 Quantity in Basket: none
	'Bloodflower' A tender perennial in the north, Plants grow 28' tall and have flat umbels of red flowers with orange hoods, flowers the first year. Plants are loved by butterflies. Blooms all summer with new flowers produced asthe stems grow. Soak seed in warm water for 24 hours sow and lightly cover, germination in 5-20 days. This is a subtropical plant that will flower very well the first year and be loved by Butterflies and those that make cut flowers for vases. 50 seeds
	Asclepias curassavica 'Apollo Orange' Code: ACAO-A7 Price: $2.55 Quantity in Basket: none
	'Tropical Milkweed' or 'Blood Flower' or 'Cotton Bush' 'Pleurisy Root' or 'Scarlet Milkweed' ASCLEPIADACEAE: Dark red flowers with orange centers on plants that grow 2.5 feet tall. A tender perennial, grown as an annual in the north, with flat umbels of red flowers with orange hoods, flowers the first year. Plants are loved by butterflies. Blooms all summer with new flowers produced asthe stems grow. Soak seed in warm water for 24 hours sow and lightly cover, germination in 5-20 days. This is a subtropical plant that will flower very well the first year and be loved by Butterflies and those that love cut flowers. 30 seeds.
	Asclepias curassavica 'Apollo Yellow' Code: ASC8-A7 Price: $2.55 Quantity in Basket: none
	Bright showy yellow flowers on plants that grow 2.5 feet tall. tender perennials grown as annuals for bedding and cutting. 30 seeds.
	Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Deep Red' Code: 4XS1-A7 Price: $2.85 Quantity in Basket: none
	A tender perennial with bronze tinted foliage. Grown as annuals in the north. Plants grow 28 inches tall and have flat umbels of red flowers with red hoods and gold centers, flowers the first year. Plants are loved by butterflies. Soak seed in warm water for 24 hours sow and lightly cover, germination in 5-20 days. This is a subtropical plant that will flower very well the first year and be loved by Butterflies and those that love cut flowers. 30 seeds
	Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Gold' Code: ACSY-A7 Price: $2.85 Quantity in Basket: none
	30 seeds.
	Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Mix' Code: ACSM-A7 Price: $2.85 Quantity in Basket: none
	A mix of all the colors in the silky series. Uniform in size and blooming across the different colors, with plants growing 24 to 28 inches tall. Showy flowers for cutting and the butterfly garden. 30 seeds.
	Asclepias curassavica 'Silky Scarlet' Code: ASC2-A7 Price: $2.80 Quantity in Basket: none
	Excellent cut flowers, a showy multipurpose plant; this series is bred for greenhouse and outdoor summer cut flower production. This species prefers a warm, location with good drainage and on the dry side. Long blooming species with an intense color display and an exotic appearance in containers; producing a high quality cut-flower with a long vase-life and blooming period in the garden. A tender perennial in the north, Plants grow 28' tall and have flat umbels of scarlet colored flowers with golden-orange hoods, flowers the first year. Plants are loved by butterflies. Soak seed in warm water for 24 hours sow and lightly cover, germination in 5-20 days. This is a subtropical plant that will flower very well the first year and be loved by Butterflies and those that love cut flowers. 30 seeds
	Asclepias exaltata Code: 113F-A7 Price: $4.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	'Poke Milkweed' Best started by soaking in warm water for 24 hours then kept for 4 weeks at 33-39ºF in moist sand, move to 68ºF for germination. 30 seeds
	Asclepias fascicularis Code: ASFA-A8 Price: $3.95 Qty in Stock: 7 In Stock Quantity in Basket: none
	Plants have white flowers and long thin leaves. 25 seeds
	Asclepias hallii Code: 4PK9-A7 Price: $3.95 Quantity in Basket: none
	'Hall's Milkweed' or Purple Silkweed' Asclepiadaceae: Native from Wyoming to Colorado, south to Nevada and Southern Arizona. Zones 3-9. 100 seeds.
	Asclepias hirtella Code: ASHI-A8 Price: $2.95 Quantity in Basket: none
	'Tall Green Milkweed'Asclepiadaceae: Plants grow about 2 feet tall with upright stems and umbels of greenish-white flowers with purplish tinting. Flowers lack horns and plants bloom mid summer. Zones 4-9. Soak seeds in hot water for 36 hours, changing the water with fresh water every 12 hours, Start with 4 weeks at 39ºF moist, move to 68ºF for germination. Surface sow, light needed for best germination in 1-3 weeks at F 75. If little germination in 3 weeks, chill pots for 21 days. 50 seeds.
	Asclepias incarnata Code: AIM1-A8 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	'Swamp Milkweed' Nice form with dark to light pink lavender flowers with a few white plants mixed in too. Fragrant flowers loved by butterflies. Easy to grow from seed and long lived plants for the border garden or pond planting. Loved by butterflies and long blooming in midsummer. Plants grow 3 to 4 feet tall and do best in full sun but do very well in a good amount of shade too. Moisture loving and they will grow in damp to wet soil but growing nicely in average garden soil too. Plants grow 4 feet tall and in cultivation will have as many as 12 stems, just covered with umbels of flowers. Should produce a good number of nice dark flowering plants too. Use around ponds, lakes, low ground or in the garden. Do not let the Monarch Butterflies have their way with this plant-they love it and will eat away all the leaves. Attractive in the garden and does very well in normal-good garden soils, give the plants some light shade during the hottest part of the day and they will grow in dry soils as long as the soils are deep and they can spread out their root system. In the spring one needs to be careful to not remove the plants during spring planting, since the emergence of new shoots is late and occurs after most all other plants have come out of the ground. Zones 3-8. 50 seeds
	Asclepias incarnata 'Mixed' Code: ASIM-A8 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	A mix of nice colors, includes about an even mix of pure white and nice dark rose and pink-rose colored flowering plants. Zones 3-9. 50 seeds
	Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella' Code: ASC1-A9 Price: $2.95 Quantity in Basket: none
	Nice selection for cut flower production with bright rose-red colored flowers that have softer rose colored centers. Plants grow 4 feet tall. Does well in moist soils and in normal garden soils that are watered when dry. 50 seeds
	Asclepias incarnata 'Ice Ballet' Code: AIIB-A7 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	This is a beautiful white flowering form that lasts much longer as a cut flower than the normal species. Pure white flowers top off 3 to 3.5 foot tall plants. This species is loved by butterflies, and this form is covered with insects during blooming. Flowering in July - September and growing well in normal to wet soils. Plants are long lived and will bloom the first year from an early sowing. Nice up-right habit with plants. Like most Asclepia, plants are slow to come out of the ground in the spring but once they start to grow - grow fast. Some flowering the first year with a late winter sowing Zones 3-8. The species is native to North Eastern and Central United States. Were it is found growing along streams and lakes and in moist grassy locations and open woodlands along drainage areas.. Soak seeds in hot water for 24 hours ( replace the water with fresh hot water every 8 hours) and surface sow ( light helps with germination) , germination in 1-2 weeks at F 70. once germination begins cover the seeds slightly with some soil medium. If little germination move to 25-38F for 5 weeks then back to 70F. 30 seeds.
	Asclepias incarnata 'Milkmaid' Code: AS52 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	Creamy white flowers on 40 inch tall plants. Gorgeous selection of this Eastern North American native. Fragrant flowers are clawed and loved by butterflies. Blooms in midsummer. Nice full plants in a moist sunny location but will tolerate average to dry soils too and some shade. This attractive milkweed also makes an excellent, long lived cut flower. Flowers and seed pods are used in flower arrangements also. Zones 4-9. Soak seeds in hot water for 36 hours, changing the water with fresh water every 12 hours, Surface sow, light needed for best germination in 1-3 weeks at F 75. If little germination in 3 weeks, chill pots for 21 days. Or take the seed packet and soak in water and place in a plastic baggy and put in the fridge for 45 days, after the fridge treatment sow. 30 seeds.
	Asclepias incarnata 'Soulmate' Code: AS57-A6 Price: $2.00 Qty in Stock: 0 Sorry, we are currently sold out of 'Asclepias incarnata 'Soulmate''. Please check back later. Quantity in Basket: none
	Asclepias physocarpa Code: AP07-A7 Price: $2.99 Quantity in Basket: none
	’Family Jewels Tree’ or ‘Hairy Balls’ or ‘Balloon Plant’ or ‘Goose Plant’ Asclepiadaceae: No comment of some of the common names for this plants. Small non showy flowers, are followed by round attractive and curious seeds pods with some spines (note some of the common names). Plants grow 4 to 6 feet tall. Zones 7-10 Soak seeds in hot water for 36 hours, changing the water with fresh water after 12 hours, Surface sow, light needed for best germination in 1-3 weeks at F 75. If little germination after 4 weeks use four weeks in the fridge. 20 seeds
	Asclepias purpurascens Code: 27AS-A Price: $2.65 Qty in Stock: 0 Sorry, we are currently sold out of 'Asclepias purpurascens'. Please check back later. Quantity in Basket: none
	Asclepias speciosa Code: ACPL-A7 Price: $2.65 Quantity in Basket: none
	'Showy Milkweed' 100 seeds
	Asclepias sullivantii Lot P Code: AS01 Price: $2.40 Quantity in Basket: none
	'Sullivant's Milkweed' or 'Smooth Milkweed' or 'Prairie Milkweed' This species has purple-pink to soft pink or milky white colored flowers, plants grow 24 to 40 inches tall with leaves that have a dark purple to pinkish colored mid-veins (some forms have green veins). Attractive upright plants with good sized umbels of flowers that are loved by butterflies. The opposite leaves are some what cup shaped and upward growing around the stems. Plants grow in rich moist prairies from Southern Ontario and the Midwestern United States and bloom from July into September. This species can hydridize with A. syriaca. Zones 3-8. 30 seeds.
	Asclepias syriaca Code: AS02-A8 Price: $2.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	'Common Milkweed' Plants have umbels of light purple-pink to creamy white flowers that are produced at the top half of the 3 to 4 foot tall stems. This species lives up to its name as 'weed' and may spread into a large colony if happy, by way of underground rhizomes. If you want to make the plants spread even more pull the plants up from the ground. Butterflies love this plant. A bit course with large rough leaves and milky sap but useful in the Wildflower and butterfly garden or used in grassland planting. This is a native to much of the eastern USA, and often classified as an agricultural weed because plowing does not kill it. Grows in full sun to part shade - does well along the margins of trees and sumac thickets. Once established very drought tolerant. Zones 4-9. 100 seeds.
	Asclepias tuberosa 'Hello Yellow' Code: ATHY-A9 Price: $3.99 Quantity in Basket: none
	Plants grow 24' to 36' tall, with bright golden yellow flowers, a nice color selection that comes true from seed (Might be one or two orange tinted types.) Grow like the normal species in full sun in deep well draining soils. Attractive cut flowers. Zones 4-9 20 seeds
	Asclepias verticillata Code: AV01 Price: $1.70 Quantity in Basket: none
	'Whorled Milkweed' (a-SKLAY-pee-us) White flowers on thin stems that have very thin almost needle like leaves in whorls. Plants grow best is well drained sandy soils and reach a height of 20 inches. Blooming in early to mid summer were they make a nice addition to a prairie planting. The claw like flowers are loved by butterflies. A central north American native prairie plant found in grasslands and open grassy woods. Long lived but must remain were planted because of the deep tap roots that resent being damaged. Attractive plants, that will over time form nice colonies by self seeding. Zones 4-8. 30 seeds.
	Asclepias viridis Code: ASVI-A8 Price: $2.95 Quantity in Basket: none
	'Spider Milkweed' or Green Antelopehorn' Asclepiadaceae: An attractive species in its own way, with umbels of creamy-green flowers that have purplish centers. Plants have upright to lax stems that are up to two feet long. Like most other species of milkweeds, they are loved by butterflies and other insects. Blooms June and July, producing attractive seed pods in late summer. The plants have deep, spindle shaped tap roots and produce a few stems each. Since they have taproots they are best left alone once established. Plants will bloom the second year, if started very early in the year some might bloom the same year. Grows well in dry sunny locations. 100 seeds